Updated: Two arrested on Mount Carmel campus

(Ed. note: This article also appeared in last week’s online edition as a breaking news story. It can be viewed here.)

Two Quinnipiac sophomores were arrested early Saturday morning on the Mount Carmel campus, according to Vice President for Public Affairs Lynn Bushnell.

Christopher Thompson was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to Capt. Ronald Smith of the Hamden Police Department.

David Bowen, Thompson’s suitemate in the Mountainview residence hall, was arrested for breach of peace after security entered their room.

Quinnipiac security and resident assistants entered Thompson and Bowen’s Mountainview dorm shortly after 2 a.m., according to the two students. Security searched for and found 21 grams of marijuana on Saturday, according to Smith.

The Chronicle spoke to both Thompson and Bowen on Monday afternoon.

“It got heated,” Bowen said of security’s entrance into the room. “I just remember waking up being subdued by security guards.”

According to Chief of Security and Safety John Twining, one security officer was “struck” during the conflict.